英国网友热议：科学家宣称“巨人稻”培育成功

A new kind of rice that can grow as tall as 2.2 meters (7ft 2in) has been introduced.

高达2.2米的新型稻培育成功。

The so-called 'giant rice' is expected to feed more people as scientists claimed its yield could be 50 per cent higher than ordinary rice, according to a report on China's People's Daily Online today.

中国人民网报道，科学家宣称“巨人稻”的产量比普通水稻高50%，有望养活更多的人。

Experts from the China said they had spent 10 years cultivating the new grain, which was unveiled on October 16.

10月16日，“巨人稻”正式对外公布，参与研究的中国专家称，培育新稻种花费了他们10年时间。

A team of researchers from the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have planted and harvested the 'giant rice' on an experimental field, according to the People's Daily Online report, citing Xinhua News Agency.

人民网援引新华社报道称，中国科学院亚热带农业研究所的科研人员在试验田种植并收获了“巨型水稻”。

The experimental field is located in Jinjing Township of Changsha County, central China's Hunan Province.

试验田位于中国中部省份湖南长沙县金井镇。

The new type of rice is said to be 1.8 metres tall on average (5ft 10in), with the greatest ones reaching 2.2 metres.
Xia Xinjie, a researching involved in the project, expected the yield of the 'giant rice' to surpass 11.5 tonnes per hectare. Mr Xia said the per-hectare yield is 50 per cent higher than the ordinary rice.

据说新型水稻平均高度1.8米，最高能达到2.2米。
参与该项目的研究员夏新界说，预计“巨人稻”的产量将超过每公顷11.5吨，比普通稻高50%。

Mr Xia added that experts had harvested more than 500 grains from a single 'giant rice' stalk.
The Chinese scientists are said to have used a series of new technologies to cultivate the new rice, including mutation induction and hybridisation between different kinds of wild rice.

他说，专家从一株“巨人稻”上收获了500多粒谷粒。
据称中国科学家为了培育新稻，使用了一系列的新技术，包括不同种类野生稻间的诱发突变和杂交。

The 'giant rice' is due to greatly benefit China which is facing a shortage of farmers and a growing population.
'It is expected that 60 per cent more rice will need to be produced in 2030 compared to 1995,' Yuan Longping, a renowned agricultural scientist, told People's Daily Online, in an interview last month.

面对农业人口的减少和总人口的增长，“巨人稻”的培育成功将为中国带来巨大的好处。
著名的科学家袁隆平上月接受人民网采访时表示：“2030年全球水稻产量应比1995年增加60%以上才能基本满足人类需求。”

Mr Yuan added: 'Currently, one hectare for rice production provides food for 27 people. By 2050, one hectare will have to support 43 people.'

他还说：“目前每公顷所产稻谷能养活27人，但到2050年，每公顷所产稻谷必须要养活43人才行。”

CHINA'S 'FATHER OF HYBRID RICE'
中国杂交水稻之父
Yuan Longping, 87, has been billed as the 'father of hybrid rice' in China for his constant contribution in breeding high-yield grains in the past 60 years.

袁隆平今年已经87岁高龄，被誉为“中国杂交水稻之父”，过去60年里一直在为培育高产水稻而奋斗。

Last month, the scientist announced he and his team had successfully cultivated a new type of rice, called 'sea rice', which could grow on saline-alkaline land.

上个月，他和他的团队宣布成功培育出水稻新品种“海水稻”，这种水稻可以再盐碱地生长。

On an experiment field, four types of rice were said to register an estimated output between 6.5 to 9.3 tonnes per hectare.

试验田里种植了四种水稻，经过测产后，预计产量在每公顷6.5吨至9.3吨之间。

China has 100 million hectares of saline-alkaline soil, according to Mr Yuan. Among them, 18.7 million hectares have the potential to grow rice.

据袁隆平介绍，中国有1亿公顷盐碱地，其中有1870万公顷可以种植海水稻。

This week, another new type of hybrid rice, also cultivated by Mr Yuan, become the highest-yielding one in the world.
The rice has been named Xiangliangyou 900.

本周，由袁隆平团队培育的新品杂交水稻“湘两优900”创造了世界亩产量最高的记录。

The pilot rice fields in Handan, Hebei province, were harvested on October 15.

试验田位于河北省邯郸市，10月15日新水稻成熟、收割。

The three plots yielded 17.2 tons per hectare on average. Of the three plots, the one with the highest yield reached 17.7 tons per hectare, which is a new world record.

三块试验田的的平均产量为每公顷17.2吨。有一块试验田的产量达到了每公顷17.7吨，创造了新的世界记录。

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Gastonia
They should be looking for ways to reduce the surplus population, and do the planet and the rest of the life on it,,,a big favour.

中国应该想办法降低人口过剩，这才是对整个地球已经其他生物的最大贡献。

enoon
China has already limited the number of children a family is allowed, but there are too many countries and cultures having seven or more per family, many of whom cannot be properly supported by the breadwinner.

中国已经限制每个家庭的孩子数量。但是许多国家和文化鼓励多生育，一个家庭有七个甚至更多孩子，可是他们根本养不起。

green4UKIPred4labour
There are 5.2 billion adults and 1.9 billion children in the world. The adults would take up 2.6bn square metres and the children 475m square metres. And that doesn't take account of people who are obese, or starving. Together, that is just over 3bn square metres. So, while you could get all the children of the world on to the Isle of Man (which is 570m square metres), for the entire population you need to go a little bigger. Like, say, South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean. At 3.7bn square metres, we might even have a little room to spare.

目前世界上有52亿成年人，19亿儿童。成年人占地总面积是26亿平方米，儿童占地总面积4.75亿平方米。这还不考虑肥胖和瘦弱问题。这么算，人类占地总面积也就是30亿平方米。所以，一座面积只有5.7亿平方米的小岛，就可以放下所有的儿童，再大一点的岛就能放下整个人类，大概相当于南太平洋上的南乔治亚岛面积。37亿平方米的空间，放下人类绰绰有余。

The Billy Hawk
green4UKIPred4labor - what a load of disingenuous hogwash.

一堆废话。

NonGrata
"Standing room only" is one thing.... but how much land is required to feed that many people? That is the real question. Next question: how much fresh water is required to grow that much food?? The resources consumed by the population are the true limiting factors.

那是“站立空间”。但是要多少土地才能养活这么多人呢？这才是真正的问题。下一个问题：这么多食物得需要多少淡水才能生产出来呀？人口需要消耗的资源才是真正的限制因素。

wgh999
Unlike some countries, China has kept good control of their population since 1979. High population does NOT mean overpopulation when their is vast land with the majority well fed and generally healthy. It is a dam nice job by their government if you ask me.

与某些国家不同，中国1979年以来就把人口控制的很好。人口数量多并不意味着人口过剩，而且中国地域广阔，大部分的饮用水都是井水，人口健康状况整体良好。我觉得中国政府做得不错。

Akahn
This is something that won't be happening anytime soon until there's a big meteor or a giant plague. With the amount of people and the rarity of meteors, it'll be a plague that will get the population back down to a manageable level...

除非有大型彗星或者严重的瘟疫，不然没有办法控制人口。不过以现在的人口规模，和彗星的罕见，也只有瘟疫才能把人口降至可控水平。

green4UKIPred4labour
call it hog wash if you want, but I do think if we carry on like this it will end it tears we need to control the resources we have and we all need to grow at least few fruit/veg yourself in garden. Mint, coriander runners beans lettuce all easy to grow!

如果你喜欢可以称它泔水。不我我觉得如果我们这样继续下去，最终将付出代价。我们要利用手里的资源，至少可以在我们的花园里种一些水果、蔬菜之类的。薄荷、香菜、菜豆、生菜等比较容易种植。

Idontlikeusernames
That is a scary thought but time and time again mother nature has her way of doing this. It's only a matter of time, look what the hurricanes, tsunami, fires, volcanoes, earthquakes have started doing.

可怕的想法，但是大自然母亲一次次地这么做着。这只是时间问题，看看现在的飓风、海啸、火灾、火山，地震。

ThePatriot
Would be cheaper to give everyone condoms

给大家买避孕套不是更经济。

Coops
Religious Leaders have strong objections to sensible solutions like that.

宗教领袖强烈反对这种明智的解决方法。

enoon
Mutation induction. So it's genetically modified and I'm sure other counties will follow since giant food conglomerates like Monsanto would love to increase their profits. People have a right to know if their food is genetically modified or mutated and some governments will not allow labeling. i'm sure that rice will soon find its way here. I want to know exactly how it was modified or I'm not eating it.

诱发突变。不就是转基因吗。其他国家很快就会效仿，孟山都这样的大型食品企业很乐意增加利润。人们有权利知道食物是不是转基因，或者变异的，有政府要求产品标签上不能标注转基因。我敢肯定这种大米很快就会在这里销售。我想知道这种大米的基因是被如何改造的，不然我不会吃的。

James Thornley
No. Mutation induction involves exposing seeds to a substance that causes mutation, typically a source of radiation. Genetic modification involves taking DNA from another organism and connecting it to the existing DNA.

不，突变诱导是将种子暴露在引起突变的物质下，通常是辐射源。基因改造是从另一个生物体获取DNA，并将其接到到现有DNA上。

The Billy Hawk
There is no such thing as a free lunch however - what is the quantity of incremental inputs eg artificial fertilizer, insecticides and water required to achieve the incremental yield of *giant rice* over typical current rice varieties grown in China?

没有免费的午餐，中国“巨人稻”比目前普通水稻的产量高，可是增加的投入呢，化学肥料、杀虫剂和水？

odlid
We don't need ways to feed more people - we need to find ways to manage the population in an already overcrowded world.

我们不需要养活更多人的办法，我们需要控制人口的办法，现在世界已经人满为患了。

RobertG
Genetically modified rice.

转基因水稻。

Ivor Koph
However the price of rice will still rise.

不过大米价格还是会上升。

Dragon in a Jar
Go Science!

科技的力量。

T.t
Ah, what could possibly go wrong... Sure they can grow more per the space, but how much more nutrients/fertilizers are going to be dumped into the environment given the larger plant's nutrient needs?

呃，可能有点误会。相同的种植面积，“巨人稻”的产量可能更高，但是有多少营养物/化肥进入了环境呀，越大的植物需要的营养越多。

aciddrop
Wondering if I will only need one grain for making rice pud?

我想知道做大米布丁是不是只要一粒米就够了？

James Cagney
Wouldn't pay me to eat that

大米免费吃。

paul567
It's a trick. That's a really tiny man.

骗局，只不过是那个人个子小而已。

stupidlibtards2
Feeding people is the last thing we need, a global depopulation is required, starting with the middle east

我们最不需要的就是养活更多人，我们需要的是全球人口减少，从中东开始。

ed f
It’s not the height it’s the seed production

说得不是高度，结出的谷粒。

Ivan Makarov
Exactly. One (1) meter stalks would be preferable to the 2+ meter stalks as long as the rice kernel production is the same.

对。如果谷粒大小一样的话，一米高的秸秆要比两米高的杆更好

T.t
Been telling women that for years. Ye it may be tiny, but it's produced volume is immense.

很多年前就告诉过那些女人，虽然个头小，但是产量惊人。

Frances US, Lynn, 1 day ago
So this is, hopefully, a non GMO grain?

希望不是转基因水稻。

Trump Trainwreck powered by Putin
What, so they can feed another 3 billion, better dig more coal for all the new power plants you're going to need.

什么，他们还能养30亿人，这样就能有更多的人挖煤发电了吧。

TRT1968
Or make use of the larger stems of the plant as biofuel. Obviously the stems are MADE from carbon too, and they have rapid growth, so will capture carbon dioxide.

巨人稻的秸秆可以用作生物燃料。很显然秸秆是有碳组成的，长得快，能吸收更多二氧化碳。

Trump Trainwreck powered by Putin
And when the farmers burn the stalks for fuel/heating/cooking or biofuels are burned they release the carbon.

秸秆作为燃料、取暖、做饭或者生物燃料的时候，也会产生碳。

Trustnobody
It would be more useful if they invented a more effective contraceptive to stem the growing population?

如果发明更有效的避孕剂来阻止人口的增长，会更好吧？

Mr. Farenheit
There is no food shortage on this planet there is a money for food shortage.

这个星球上没有食物短缺，有的只是资金短缺。

T.t
Well while the US agriculture industry is efficient at providing enough food for individuals (and there is validity to the not enough money for good food argument) one of the fears is that crops in their current state, won't recover from massive disease, as it's so far genetically changed from it's original state. Where if disease hit the unmodified form, some would die, but selection would stay for surviving strains which would then be insulated from that attack in the future.

当美国的农业能提供足够的食物的时候（讨论没有有足够的钱购买好的食物可以理解），一种担忧是，美国目前的收成不能不能抵御大规模的疾病，因为这些粮食都是转基因的。如果疾病侵袭了没有进行基因改造的作物，一些作物会死亡，但是那些幸存的品种会被选中，未来这些品种就会对这种攻击免疫。

liamdowlin
I originally read this as "giant mice" and was incredibly interested for the next 15 seconds.

我看成“巨型鼠”了，不过阅读的巨大兴趣只持续了15秒。

PlantBased
Oh, those clever Chinese. First the weather now rice. What will they tinker with next??

聪明的中国人。先是天气，然后是大米。接下来他们要捣鼓什么呀？

Caring Sage
Stop GMO's!

不要再搞转基因了。

WrathKitten
I'd rather feed the world, thanks. Stop promoting a fear mongering ideal that prevents millions from getting food.

“能养活整个世界”，不要再推销这种理念呢，世界上会有数以百万的人无法得到食物。

TRT1968
It doesn't say they produced a GMO.
新闻里没有是转基因产品呀。

lulu
It's not gmo. It's mixing the different type of rice to produce a new hybrid.

不是转基因，是几种不同种类的水稻杂交而成的新品种。

azjoe
When "scientist"experimented with wheat we got more of it, and more diabetes.

当“科学家”用小麦做实验的时候，小麦产量会更高，以及更多糖尿病患者。

Steve0001
"17.2 tons per hectare". Is that per year or per crop, or both. And is that dry weight or inclusive of a high water content, in which case what is the water content. It may seem like detail but without knowing these things the figure is useless, let alone when given to decimal places.

每公顷产量17.2吨。是按照每年算，还是每一次收获算。是干重吗，含水量是多少。也许我问得太详细了，但是不弄清楚这些问题，数据就没意义，更不用说小数点了。

mike80
But they don't eat the stalks , so why the fuss ?

他们又不吃秸秆，有什么好大惊小怪的。

Mister123321
is China in the GM field now?

中国也开始研究转基因了吗？

bob
They don't use GM, they spent years wandering about china to find non documented wild rice plants. They found one in a salt marsh, now they have a version of rice that will grow using brine solution instead of fresh water.

没有转基因。他们花了几年的时间在全中国寻找没有记录在案的野生水稻。他们在盐碱地找到一个品种，现在他们已经培育出能在盐碱地生长的水稻。

Akahn
What some people don't understand is that the future of humanity will depend on genetically modified foods. Time to get off the whole "whaaaa it's scary" and actually learn about it and what it can do for humans and how it's the answer to the shortage of the global food supply rather than reading scare tactic 'health' magazines that promote their own over priced brands of modified food that they claim isn't...

为什么有些人就是不明白，转基因食物就是人类的未来。不要再说“哇，好吓人”！真正的去了解转基因，看看转基因能为人类带来什么，怎么解决全球食物短缺，不要去看那些恐吓意味很浓的“健康”杂志，这些杂志只不过是在推销他们宣称不是转基因的高价转基因产品。

Caring Sage
Unless it continues to cause health problems luke it does in me...explain that! You need to get out and meet those who are effected them...tgen maybe you will wise up.

除非他继续造成健康问题，就像对我一样，解释下原因吧。你需要见见那些已经受到影响的人，说服他们。然后你就会变聪明了。

Rakesh Khanna
Sounds like a Nobel Prize winning innovation.

听起来好像是能获得诺贝尔奖的创新之举。

LaHunter
Id like a sack of that seed for my duck pond.

我想给我的养鸭场来一袋这样的种子。

Ndida
Absolutely Awesome

太让人吃惊了。

T.t
I'd like a sack of ducks from your pond.

我想从你池塘里来一袋鸭子。

Morty Smith
We can already "feed the world." We've been able to do it for a while, now. WAKE UP. The "food shortage" is complete B/s.

我们已经能“养活全世界”了，我们前段时间能可以了。醒醒吧，“食物短缺”，都是骗人的。

Coops
What colour sky do you have on your planet?

你们那天空是什么颜色的？

WrathKitten
Be sure to tell that to the children with bloated bellies. "You have plenty of food, it's a hoax."

一定要告诉吃不起饭的孩子“你有充足的食物，你们被骗了。”

adrian
@Morty true we can currently feed the world but, in spite the fact the world has reached peak child, the global population is going to grow to 11 billion due to increased longevity; thus putting huge strain on food resources.

现在我们确实能养活全世界，但是儿童数量已经达到了顶峰，因为人类寿命的验厂，全球人口数量快接近110亿了，要把这种“巨人稻”作为食物资源。

Laval Bear,
All these fancy words but to describe GMO.

所有这些花言巧语都是在推广转基因产品。

adrian
But it isn't GMO it is just cross breading, which has been done for thousands of years.

这不是转基因产品，杂交产品，这种技术已经有上千年的历史了。

（译者：后羿A射日）

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